Caregiver Specialties

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What is Specialized Home Care

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Home care is the continuum of care at home.  Helping seniors, disabled and chronically ill patients maintain independence in their own environment.  It is proven that recovery is faster at home with a one-on-one setting between a caregiver and patient.  Decline and disease progress slow while in a familiar place, especially Alzheimer’s and Dementia. After a stay at the hospital or a rehab, homecare services are available to take the burden of daily living tasks away and allow the senior and their family to focus on themselves and their recovery.

This is a service provided by professional caregivers that have training, experience and knowledge of diseases associated with aging.  Their expertise can prove to be priceless in many different ways.  The caregivers that Love Right chooses to refer to you are professional and established with many references as to their integrity and success.

Home Care Skilled Specialties

At Love Right, we know that every home care situation is unique. That is why we work hard to match you with a caregiver that has the specialty skills required for your love ones’ personal needs.

Skilled Care

Skilled Care is the most extensive of tasks to help maintain good health and safety at home.  Diseases associated with aging and disabilities will sometimes require that a Skilled Care giver be present for most or all of the day.  You and your loved ones have comfort in knowing there is an experienced Professional Caregiver there every day.

Caregiver interaction plays a big role in the ability to thrive.  Skilled Care allows professional caregivers the ability to perform all personal care and daily activities.  This amount of care is necessary when your loved one is bed bound, incontinent, and suffering from advanced stages of diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

It’s a Big Job: Skilled Care

This is the stage of care closest to our hearts.  When the compassion really kicks in and lives are changed.  Families come to us with nowhere else to turn, with a loved one suffering from a major illness or disability and needing the aide of a skilled CNA to provide specialized care.  This chapter of life is where Love Right care partners stays right by the side of those in need.

How do I know when it’s right to schedule for Skilled Care?

If your loved ones are suffering from an advanced stage of a disease or are non-ambulatory, it’s the right time.  There are a lot of reasons you should have a steady and reliable Skilled Care giver be with you or a loved one.

  • Incontinence Care – Loss of control of bodily functions
  • Inability to feed ones self
  • Dressing, grooming, sanitary atmosphere
  • Hospice CarePalliative care ( end of life)
  • Needs to be transferred
  • Bathing and bed bathing
  • Surgical recovery – Hip fractures are very common
  • Cancer recovery – Frail, prone to sickness, and need lots of rest

Assistance Care

Assistance Care is the difficult tasks of keeping a loved one safe in-home.  Lack of assistance contributes to so many issues. Like falls that attribute to broken hips and limbs, malnourished, poor hygiene, etc. When your loved one can count on a professional caregiver it makes a big difference. Caregivers assist with walking, personal hygiene, dressing, companionship and much more. Knowledgeable assistance contribute to the ability to thrive. Assistance Care will help maintain dignity and independence when your loved one may not be able to perform tasks like they use to.

Stability With Assistance Care

A lot of times, the daily tasks needed to stay independent in your home can be beyond what you or a loved one can perform. Maybe you can’t walk unassisted. Or perhaps you cannot accomplish daily tasks like cooking, dishes, walking your pets, bending down to pick up laundry, dressing, grooming, among many others.  Independence is important when you or a loved one desires to stay at home.  Love Right has your solution in a trusted Assistant Caregiver. Let us ease your worries and take responsibility for assisting you and your loved ones.

How do I know when it’s right to schedule for Assistance Care?

If your loved ones are alone and losing their ability to care for themselves, it’s the right time.  There are a lot of reasons you should have a steady and reliable Caregiver Assistant be with you or a loved one.

  • Loss of mobility – use of a walker or wheelchair
  • Forgetful – Medication reminders
  • Avoiding moving into a facility
  • Not eating properly – forgetting to eat
  • Laundry piling up
  • Unstable walking, climbing stairs
  • Fall prevention, Crisis prevention
  • They shouldn’t be alone
  • New disease diagnosis – Cancer Care
  • Someone needs to perform errand an duties – Shopping, cleaning, appointments

Companionship Care

Companionship Care is the simple tasks of keeping a loved one company.  Loneliness contributes to so many other issues.  When your loved one can look forward to someone stopping by every day, they are less likely to become depressed.  Human interaction plays a big role in the desire to thrive.  Companionship Care allows professional caregivers to ability to help your loved one with daily needs and be a friend.  This can be performed any time through the day.  Two hours in the morning to perform a wellness check and have a conversation over a cup of coffee.  Or a caregiver can tuck your loved one into bed.  Companionship Care is a great start to a long trusting friendship.

Little Tasks: Companionship Care

A lot of times, the simplest of tasks can be beyond what you or a loved one can perform. Maybe you can’t bear to leave your mom home alone without someone to come to check on her, Sadly you are too far away to make the trip everyday. Or perhaps mail is piling up, clothes are going unwashed and the dog just isn’t getting out of the house. Love Right has your solution in a trusted companion. Let us ease your worries and take responsibility for all the little jobs.

How do I know when it’s right to schedule for Companionship Care?

If your loved ones are alone, it’s the right time.  There are a lot of reasons you should have a steady and reliable companion check on you or a loved one.

Parkinson’s Care

Parkinson’s care is daily assistance given to Parkinson’s sufferers to help them perform their ADL’s (activities of daily living).  Symptoms of shaking, rigid muscles, loss of motor skills and in later stages developing Dementia are often hard to manage alone.  Parkinson’s care is provided by Love Right’s professional caregivers to alleviate stress and worry associated with disease symptoms.  Caregivers have the knowledge and experience to assist with gait and ADL’s while maintaining independence and dignity.

What is Parkinson’s Disease?

Parkinson’s Disease is disorder that attacks the central nervous system.  This slowly cripples the body.  You will see a Parkinson’s sufferer usually leaning forward and shuffling their feet when they walk.  This can be exceptionally dangerous when trying to walk.  Parkinson’s care in important when gait problems begin to surface from the disease.  Falls are very common with Parkinson’s.  They can be avoided with proper planning and attention to motor movements.

“Usually classified as a movement disorder, PD also gives rise to several non-motor types of symptoms such as sensory deficits,[6] cognitive difficulties or sleep problems.Parkinson plus diseases are primary parkinsonisms which present additional features.[3] They include multiple system atrophyprogressive supranuclear palsycorticobasal degeneration and dementia with Lewy bodies.[3][7]

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Why is Home Care a good Choice for Parkinson’s sufferers?

Home Parkinson’s Care in designed to give one-on-one attention to seniors.  Parkinson’s care is especially challenging because the sufferer becomes rigid, very shaky, unbalanced and susceptible to falls.  Later stages may present Dementia issues and total lack in function of motor skills.  This makes it necessary for outside help to assist with personal care, hygiene and attention to ADL’s.

Later stages of the disease will require Live-In Home Care by a professional caregiver or a family member.  The sufferer may become totally dependent, incontinent, require feeding and bed bound.  At a minimum, a few hours of Home Care will monitor gait which is vital to preventing crisis.

Alzheimers Care

Alzheimers care is daily assistance given to an Alzheimer’s patient to help them perform their ADL’s (activities of daily living).  Symptoms of forgetfulness, mood changes, aggression and altered reality are often hard to manage alone.  Alzheimers care is provided by your caregiver match to alleviate stress and worry associated with disease symptoms.  Alzheimers Caregivers have the knowledge and experience to redirect while maintaining independence and dignity.

What is Alzheimers?

Alzheimer’s Disease is the most common form of dementia.  It impairs the sufferer’s memory function, speech (mainly vocabulary and how they explain things), mood, elevates aggression and can contribute to loss of mobility.  To some It can require minimal daily assistance.  In some cases 24 hour assistance.  Advanced stages can leave a person bedridden, incontinent, unable to speak and feed themselves.  A diagnosis of this disease can seem very heartbreaking, but scientific breakthroughs are coming.  There are medications that help slow the disease progression.  Alzheimer’s Care is particularly important to help manage the symptoms of this disease.  There are many support groups in your area to gain useful info.

Why is Home Care a good Choice for Alzheimer’s sufferers?

Home Alzheimer’s Care in designed to give one-on-one attention to seniors.  Alzheimer’s care is especially challenging because the sufferer becomes very forgetful.  Leading to dangerous scenarios like leaving the stove burner on or wandering in their neighborhood and forgetting how to get home.  It can also mean pushy salesman taking advantage of their indifference.  They will also have the inability to drive.  This makes it necessary for outside help to assist with traveling for appointments and errands.

Later stages of the disease will require Live-In Home Care by a professional caregiver or a family member.  The sufferer may become totally dependent, incontinent, require feeding and bed bound.  At a minimum, a few hours of Home Care will monitor behaviors. This monitoring is vital in preventing crisis.

Dementia Care

Dementia care is daily assistance given to an Dementia sufferers to help them perform their ADL’s (activities of daily living).  Symptoms of forgetfulness, mood changes, aggression and altered reality are often hard to manage alone.  Dementia care is provided by Love Right’s referred professional caregivers to alleviate stress and worry associated with disease symptoms.  Independent Professional Caregivers have the knowledge and experience to redirect while maintaining independence and dignity.

What is Dementia?

Dementia is a generalized term for a decline in brain function that effects daily living activities.  Dementia impairs the sufferer’s memory function, speech (mainly vocabulary and how they explain things), mood, elevates aggression and can contribute to loss of mobility.  Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s are forms of Dementia.  To some It can require minimal daily assistance.  In some cases 24 hour assistance.  Advanced stages can leave a person bedridden, incontinent, unable to speak and feed themselves.  In some cases hallucinations, trouble sleeping and severe change in appetite.

Why is Home Care a good Choice for Dementia sufferers?

Home Dementia Care in designed to give one-on-one attention to seniors.  Dementia care is especially challenging because the sufferer becomes very forgetful and unable to make good decisions.  Leading to dangerous acts like losing their way and have hallucinations.  This makes it necessary for outside help to assist with traveling for appointments and errands.

Later stages of the disease will require Live-In Home Care by a professional caregiver or a family member.  The sufferer may become totally dependent, incontinent, require feeding and bed bound.  At a minimum, a few hours of Home Care will monitor behaviors. This monitoring is vital in preventing crisis.

Cancer Care

Cancer care is daily assistance given to Cancer sufferers to help them perform their ADL’s (activities of daily living), errands and provide comfort.  Cancer care is provided by Love Right’s professional caregiver referrals to alleviate stress and worry associated with Cancer symptoms and treatment.  Caregivers have the knowledge and experience to assist with recovery and ADL’s while maintaining independence and dignity.

Love Right Helps when you or a loved one is fighting cancer

The professional caregivers that we refer are available very quickly to assist.  Going through treatments are not easy.  In the hospital or at home, a loving companion who’s knowledgeable in the process will be a comfort to have around.  This makes all the difference.

Why Choose Home Care for Cancer Care?

Many Cancer Care patients feel high levels of comfort in their own home when recovering from Cancer.  A hospital or facility setting can bring more stress to the cancer sufferer and make it difficult for family to stay and support.  It allows family to enjoy their loved ones and be there to emotionally support them while a caregiver handles everything else.  For some Cancer Care patients, they don’t have family close by for support.  A professional home care caregiver can be the foundation for support through this hard time.

Why Choose HomeCare

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Your loved one deserve to have exceptional care.  Exceptional care starts with one-on-one HomeCare.  Anything else is sub-par.  Assisted living facilities, while some having great staff, cannot always be there for your loved ones.  It’s impossible because each staff member is responsible for a minimum of 6 patients per shift.  Its easy to see that the one-on-one HomeCare that Love Right’s referral partners offer will promote better healing, faster recovery, more attention and a familiar place.

HomeCare for Seniors

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We put family first by taking unique needs and situations into consideration, delivering a customized care plan focused on you. You always have the final choice of who comes to your home. No settling, only what you want and need. We promote a delicate patient/caregiver match. We strive to refer someone that feels like family.  What is more comforting than family?

Home Care Matching

Hospitals, Doctors, Discharge Planners, Skilled Nursing Facilities, nurses, Home Health Agencies, Therapists and Medical Transport companies.  They trust us in the continuum of care at home as we refer the best candidates. We go the extra miles to ensure our client’s safety.

Our registration system finds the best San Diego care professionals. There’s comfort in knowing the professionals we refer to you are hand-picked with a spotless record and a hearts of gold. Fast and reliable communication is key. Our state-of-the-art system matches families, care professionals, locations, skills and many other factors in order to best fulfill a client’s needs.

Choosing HomeCare:

It is no doubt a very taxing transition for yourself or loved ones to need in homecare.  Professional Caregiver referrals make it easy for you and your family.  We offer caregiver referrals suitable for any level of care.  You may be leaving a hospital or skilled nursing facility; We communicate with you and your discharging coordinator to develop all of your care needs.  If you need your home prepared before your arrival, we arrange that as well.

There is no limit to how professional caregivers can help you.  If there is something they cannot do, we will find someone that will.  We work with Home Health Companies, Hospice Agencies, Assisted Living Communities, Nursing Homes, Elder Law Attorneys and Community Programs to make sure ever person that requires assistance is helped correctly.  We Love what we do!

HomeCare Registry

Love Right operates with a Consumer Directed Model.  This is also referred to as a referral agency. This puts you in total control of your care. The services you receive are most often from Home Health Aides (HHA) or Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA).  They are always professional, cleared background (FBI and DOJ), Sex offender registry clearance, Clear of Tuberculosis, maintaining all current licenses and education.

Each of the professional caregivers are delicately chosen by use of our signature Registration System.  Most participants have been working as caregivers, in-home, with hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, assisted living or in other care related settings for 5 or more years.  See the many benefits of working with an in-home care referral agency.

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Control Your Care

You decide what, when & where.  No ongoing obligation, you can cancel when you like.  Meet as many caregivers as you need to find the best match.  Schedule 1 hr – 24 hrs. of care.

Control Your Cost

Never pay more than you can afford for in home care.  You negotiate the cost with each caregiver.  Change it up as often as you like.   Referral Agencies are still the most affordable option for home care.

Testimonials

…The care givers were reliable and kind and never missed a day.  He was lucky to have the same care giver for the 3 years.  Love Right Home Care were very accommodating and flexible….

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